Asked if he would accept a bowl bid at 5-7, he responded "one million percent".
The 6-game threshold bowl eligibility is pathetic enough, but 5? I mean, I might get it if you were a new coach in your first year and had a coached a young squad to 5 wins and wanted to take that opportunity for further development. But, goodness Shane, this is Year 5, and it hasn't been an up-and-down year that saw us just miss out on bowl eligibility. The season has been an unmitigated, comical disaster of epic proportions.
I know he can't just say "no" but he could go with the "it's something we'd have to take a look at, talk to the AD and see if it makes sense for us." He couldn't even just give a measured "yeah, I think so." He had to say "one million percent". The never-ending exuberance wears thin at times.
The 6-game threshold bowl eligibility is pathetic enough, but 5? I mean, I might get it if you were a new coach in your first year and had a coached a young squad to 5 wins and wanted to take that opportunity for further development. But, goodness Shane, this is Year 5, and it hasn't been an up-and-down year that saw us just miss out on bowl eligibility. The season has been an unmitigated, comical disaster of epic proportions.
I know he can't just say "no" but he could go with the "it's something we'd have to take a look at, talk to the AD and see if it makes sense for us." He couldn't even just give a measured "yeah, I think so." He had to say "one million percent". The never-ending exuberance wears thin at times.